Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868

Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 451-497 : 469

Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868

( Fig. 10 A – C)

Stichopus variegatus Herrmanni Semper, 1868: 73 , pls 17, 30, fig. 2. Stichopus herrmanni ; Massin, 1999: 63, 64 fig. 52 (synonymy).

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-755 (1 specimen (skin fragment only), sampled North of Cape Saint-André).

Remarks. Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868 is a littoral species with as bathymetric distribution 0 – 20 m ( Lane et al., 2000). The present sample was taken from an individual sampled in the intertidal.

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FIGURE 10. Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868. A – C: SEM photos of ossicles from the body wall (A, B) and tube feet (C). Scale bars: A, B = 10 µm; C = 50 µm.